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I love Vivaldi, particularly The Four Seasons.Â So when Joshua Bell came out with a version, I bought a digital copy, my first purchase of online music ever (huh, Amazon has no DRM!). Who the hell is Bell? Well, I guess I had been living under an orchestral rock all these years, but I had [...]

I’m sure everyone (or many, 6+ million people) have seen this guy’s time lapsed John Locke vid. If you haven’t, he uses Adobe Photoshop and probably a Wacom tablet to whip out pictures in 3-6 hrs. His color theory and shading are down pat, and he clearly knows Photoshop inside and out. He’s just blaaaazing [...]

If you haven’t had a chance to watch this funny tv show, it’s on Hulu, free of charge. It features somewhat edgy humor, kind of like Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, about morons being…assholes. But…it’s a little more tongue-in-cheek than say, The Office, which could also be described as a show about morons, but is [...]

THINK OF THE CHILDREN. And the ponies. http://www.hulu.com/watch/36718/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-thu-sep-25-2008 Note, I haven’t really looked into the terms and consequences of the bailout, and thus, have no opinion either way. I’ve kind of resigned myself to the fact that I am powerless; it just amuses me that there’s a good chance that the allies of the people [...]

Sometimes I wish I were still actively playing an instrument. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKfzm6grDA There’s raging debate on all “her” videos regarding whether she’s a guy or not, but you can kinda make out an hourglass shape that guys go gaga for. Not enough to really say, though. Such is the fate of women on the internet, eh? [...]

Ooooh shit people, hold onto your seats! A few of my friends were calling this years ago, and now it’s happening. Total economic meltdown. Wamu, the second largest bank in America, died tonight, partly because of panicked commonfolk, though. The U.S. government closed Seattle-based Washington Mutual amid customer withdrawals of $16.7 billion since Sept. 15, [...]

Ha, so someone ended up making an actual trailer for Matt Damon’s simile that I posted a bit back. Thanks Eric. http://rickyvanveen.com/post/51748798/after-hearing-matt-damons-brilliant-comparison-of For some reason, I’m not that amused by it. The idea was more entertaining than the actual production, but I’m not sure why.

Looks like I’ll have to eat my words. He pulled it off! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7637327.stm This looks like suicide. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/25/rocket.man.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Perhaps I’m being cynical, but I expect his device to explode mid-flight, or for him to veer off out of control into the side of a mountain. But it’s another good example of what my previous post [...]